Collection Highlights
Kast
Date:
1675-1690
Object Number:
1941.914
Medium:
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Earrings (pair)
Object Number:
Z.2300.14ab
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Gold, jet
Dimensions:
overall (each): 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 3.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of gold and polished jet wire hook earrings, wire suspends sphere with finding at the bottom, attached to 3 bars, each with a sphere at the bottom; all spheres are incised with feather pattern.
Gallery Label:
These earrings were among the items found in a jewelry box which came from the Livingston family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston, 1951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
